Ironing-board.



C. A. BAKER.

IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED JAILZB, 1909.

1,017,842. Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

animate:

CHARLES A. BAKER, 0F SALEM, ILLINOIS.

IRONING-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

Application filed January 25, 1909. Serial No. 474,147.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. BAKER, a citizen of the United States,residing, at Salem, in the county of Marion and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Ironing-Board, of which the following is aspecification.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an improvedconstruction of ironing of the underside of the ironing board embodyingthe invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through one of thesupporting legs of the board, and Fig. 3 is a hOIlzontal sectional viewthrough the said leg on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a fragmentalsection showing the clothes rack and its mounting.

In the drawings, the board proper is indicated by the numeral 5 and isof the usual shape or outline, and secured upon the under side of theboard, one adj acent the head end thereof and the other adjacent thefoot end, are cleats 6, the said cleats extending transversely 'of thesaid board as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. As heretoforestated, it is intended that one end, namely the head end,'of theironing'board be supported by a suitable table or shelf and to this end,there is provided a clamp which is in the nature of a bar or strip ofwood, indicated by the numeral 7, yieldable to such degree as to permitof slight bending. A threaded stud 8 projects downwardly from the underside of one of the cleats 6 and passes through the said strip or bar 7near one extremity thereof. as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings,the said extremity of the bar lying substantially in a vertical planewith the head end edge of the board 5,

' and it is between this end of the saidbar 7 and the said end of theboard that the edge of the table orshelf, mentioned above, is to beclamped, an adjusting or clamping nut 9 being fitted upon the stud 8 forthe purpose of adjusting the bar 7 to accommodate table and shelf edgesof varying thicknesses and to subsequently clamp the bar 7 against theunder side of the said table or shelf at the edge thereof. As clearlyshown in-Fig. 1 of the drawings this bar 7 extends lengthwise of theboard and medially thereof and nearly the entire length thereof.

' The other end of the ironing board 5 namely its foot end, is intendedto be supported by means of suitable supporting legs which may be foldedto lie beneath and near the under side of the board 5 or to extenddownwardly therefrom in which latter position they support the said footend of the board. These legs are two in number and are comprised each ofa main section 10 and a foot section 11, these two sections of each lebeing adjustably connected in a manner w ich will be presentl described.As clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the main sections 16 of thetwo legs are connect: ed at their upper end'sby means of a head 12, andthey are also hinged at their said upper ends as at 13 to the cleat 6which is located adjacent the foot end of the board 5. As clearly shownin the said figure of the drawings, the leaves of each hinge are securedone against the under side of the said cleat 6 and the other against theadjacent face of the corresponding leg section 10 so that the upperextremities of the said legs, when they are swung to extend downwardlyfrom the board 5, as 1n the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings,project upwardly beyond their point of hinged connection with the cleat6 and with their said sides orfaces bearing against that edge face ofthe cleat which is presented toward the foot end of the board so thatfurther swinging of the legs in the direction s'tated isefiectuallyprevented and the legs are firmly braced when in this position.

As clearly shown in the drawings, each of the leg sections 10 is formedwit-h a vertically and medially extending slot 14 and with a roove 15which is formed preferably in its face which is presented toward thefoot end, of'the board and each of the foot sections 11 is formed with arib 16 which seats in the roove 15 on the corresponding main section 10of the leg, and twisting or similar displacement of the foot sectionwith respect to the main section of eachgleg being in this mannereffectually prevented, although it will be understood that the said footsection may be adjusted longitudinally of the said main section. A bolt17 is passed through each of the foot sections 11 and through the slot14 in the corresponding main section 10 and upon this bolt is disposed awasher 18 and threaded a clamping wing nut 19 by means of which the mainsection and the corresponding foot, section of each leg may he firmlyclamped in adjusted'positions.

As Will be readily understood from the foregoing description of the.invention, the two foot sections 11 may be adjusted lengthwise of therespective main sections of the legs so as to provide for a firm bearingof their lower ends upon the floor or other surface above which theironing board is arranged. The cleats 6 upon the under side of theironing board are of some thickness as shown, and their upper innercorners are cut away to form rabbets 20 whose horizontal flanges extendbeneath and slidably support the parallel arms 21 of a clothes rack .22..The latter is thus adapted to be moved inward and housed beneath thetable 5. or to be drawn outward for use as seen in Fig. 1. In order toprevent the clothes rack from being pulled out of place, or droppingout, we provide stops such as pins 24 projecting hori'zontally from theinner edges of the arms 21, and adapted to engage other pins which maywell be nails 23 passing upward through the edges of the rabbetflangesbeyond the inner edges of the arms 21 and taking into the board 5. Thesepins 23 therefore stand in the path of the stops 24, and the latterstrike against the former when the clothes rack is withdrawn to theposition shown in Fig. 1; but it will be obvious that by removing thepins 21), the rack can at any time be disconnected and removed from theironing board.

From the foregoing description of the in vention, it will be understoodthat in applying the board to the table or shelf, the board is disposedwith one edge of the table or shelf received between the head end of theboard and the corresponding end of the bar 7, the clamping nut 9 beingturned upon the threaded stud 8 to the proper degree to bring the saidend of the bar into clamping engagement with the under side of the saidtable or shelf at the edge thereof. As heretofore stated, the bar 7extends longitudinally beneath the board and practically the entirelength thereof, and the head 12 which connects the upper ends of the legsections 10 has its lower edge adapted to ride over the upper face ofthe said bar T upon swinging of the legs upon their hinges 13. Itwill beunderstood that when swinging down the supporting legs of the board, thefootendof the bar 7 will be forced downwardly and that additionalpressure will therefore be exerted, by the opposite end of the bar, onthe edge ofthe table or shelf to which the board is applied, and it willfurther be understood that the frictional bearing of the lower edge ofthe head 12 on the upper face of the said bar 7 will prevent folding upof the supporting legs of the board, accidentally.

Swiveled upon the upper face of the said board 5 at the head end thereofis a head 25 to the ends of which are pivoted the lower ends of thestiles 26 of a clothes supporting rack, the bars of the rack beingindicated by the numeral 27. It will be understood of course that byreason of the pivotal connee tion of the stiles 26 with the ends of thehead 25, the said rack may be folded down to rest upon the upper face ofthe board 5 and may be also moved to extend vertically above the saidboard as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, it being alsounderstood that the head 25 may be turned about its swivel or axis so asto position the rack at various angles upon the board.

A bracket 28 is secured upon the under side of the board 5 and extendstransversely thereof and has an off-set portion 29 between which and theunder face of the said board is pivoted the inner end of a sleeve board30 it being understood that this sleeve board may be moved to positionbeneath the board 5 or to extend laterally at right angles therefrom asclearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, in which position it may beused for the purpose for which it is provided.

A fiatiron holder 31 of ordinary construction is mounted upon the saidboard 5 at one edge thereof and is intended to support an iron while theboard is in use.

\Vhat is claimed is The combination with a board, and parallel cleatsacross its bottom cut away at their upper inner corners to form'rabbets; of a clothes rack having parallel arms sliding upon therabbet-flanges and narrower than the latter pins extending upwardthrough the edges of the flanges past the arms and into the board, andstops projecting horizontally outward from the edges of the arms andadapted to engage said pins when the rack is withdrawn.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. BAKER.

\Vitnesses ROBERT B. ARNTZEN, J 0E M. Monnow.

